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Virgin is promoting a Bank Holiday sale with 10% off its “Flight and Hotel” or “Flight and Car Rental” packages through Virgin Holidays. Since my fiancee is British I’m always looking at some good opportunities for her friends and family to make the sojourn over to the States and hang out. As luck would have it, we’re looking at some fall dates to meet up on the East Coast and some of these are uber attractive.
You need 2 to travel. Must book by Monday Night just before midnight
That’s the biggest catch in the terms and conditions…and the 10% offer expires with the holiday weekend on Monday at 23:59 GMT.
I just recently stayed in NYC at the Barclay Intercontinental and it’s a fabulous renovation, and a hotel that often charges $500 a night. Over a weekend in September I found pricing for two people, roundtrip air from Heathrow, and 3 nights at the Barclay for roughly $770 a piece. That’s pretty dang good.
The Lexington, which is practically across the street from the Barclay, roughly $100 less per person and is a part of Marriott.
Maybe we just all meet up in Miami I like this idea a lot.
Miami has some of the coolest of the cool hotels anywhere. In fact, Miles has really been wanting to show off his beach bod and new speedo. The Confidante is a dope art deco hotel right on South Beach that is a part of Hyatt’s Unbound Collection, and the Fountainbleau is about as Miami as Miami can get…Frank Sinatra used to live at the hotel. HELLO!
Go here to search general flight and hotel options! Happy Hunting!
Promotion only applies to new Flight + Hotel and/or Flight + Car bookings booked online between Friday 24th May 00:01 to Tuesday 28th May 2019 23:59. No minimum spend applies. Save 10% excluding taxes on any booking departing between 25th May 2019 and 30th April 2020. Virgin Holidays reserves the right to (i) withdraw the promotion (ii) cancel or change the promotion, (iii) amend these terms and conditions at any time if circumstances make this necessary and without further notice. This offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other special offer, promotion or discount.
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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Welcome Offer
Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
Annual Fee
$95
Points Earned
Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards
- 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Travel℠
- 3x on dining, including eligible delivery services for takeout & dining out
- 3x on select streaming services
- 3x on online grocery purchases
- (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
- $50 Annual Chase Travel Hotel Credit via Chase Travel℠
- The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
- 2x on all other travel
- 10% Anniversary Bonus
- Every year you keep the card, your total spend will yield a 10% points bonus. If you spend $10k in a year, you’ll get 1k bonus points
- Chase Sapphire Preferred continues to redeem at 1.25c in the Chase Travel℠ and the slew of other benefits remain in tact including Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver ( primary ), purchase protections, etc.
- Points are transferrable to 14 Ultimate Rewards partners
- Redeem in Chase Travel℠ for 1.25 cents per point
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver is my favorite
- Get complimentary access to DashPass which unlocks $0 delivery fees and lower service fees for a minimum of one year when you activate by December 31, 2027.
- $95 Annual Fee
We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists the best ever offers: You can find that spreadsheet here.
Historically 80k is a very, very good offer and hit in both 2022 and 2023. In 2021, we saw the offer hit an all time high of 100k. Who knows if that will ever come back.
Main Cast:
Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.
Supporting Cast:
Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.
The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is exceptional starter card and offers transferrable Ultimate Rewards, and pairs well with other Chase cards.
If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex® and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash® , Ink Business Unlimited® you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners
Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.
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